Los Angeles , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Actress and animal rights activist Eva Mendes hopes you 'll shun fur as you shop for the holidays .

`` Even if you buy a fur glove with the little trim , and you think ` Oh , my God , it 's just a little trim , ' that animal got clubbed , '' Mendes said .

Mendes took her clothes off two years ago for the PETA -LRB- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals -RRB- `` Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur '' campaign , but now she wants you to see something less pleasant . She 's narrated a video of PETA 's latest undercover footage of animals being killed for their fur .

`` These animals are beaten to death , they 're skinned alive , their throats are slashed while they 're still alive , '' she said . `` They 're anally electrocuted , just so the fur wo n't become tainted . ''

It 's unlikely you 'll see the 3-minute video on television because of its gruesome nature . But it should n't be hard to find it spreading virally online .

`` It 's not something you want to see , '' she said . `` But it 's something you have to see . ''

Mendes says she 's confident that anyone who watches it will eventually ditch furs as fashion .

`` Even if you do n't do something today , it 'll stay in your consciousness and you 'll think about it , '' she said . `` That 's why these strong images are so necessary for people to see , because they 'll stay in your mind , and maybe in your subconscious . They 'll stay there and that will really help you make a more evolved decision in the future . ''

Mendes said her dog , Hugo , `` changed her world '' and convinced her to campaign against fur .

`` I 've become so much of a more just sensitive , empathetic person towards animals because of him , '' she said . `` Because he 's just so precious and I ca n't imagine wearing him or eating him , and what 's really the difference between him or some little raccoon or some bunny or seal ? ''

Mendes stopped eating beef , chicken and pork two years ago , but she still consumes animal products such as cheese and milk .

But there is a great substitute for animal fur , she said .

`` Go faux , go fake . ''

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Eva Mendes narrates PETA video of undercover footage of animals being killed for fur

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`` It 's not something you want to see , '' Mendes says of gruesome 3-minute video

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Two years ago , Mendes took off clothes for group 's `` Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur '' campaign